The Real Mage specs

These are tried and tested mage specs to do the most amount of damage while spending the least amount of mana on spamming
As you all know im an egotist so we' start at the top MINE
1.)) http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-talents.xml?r=Scarshield+Legion&n=Zyberian
Frost arcane is the true champion If you obtain the gear to match it although this is by means a casual players thing hardcore "wow4lifers" will understand that it can be the top scoring build of all mages

2.)) http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-talents.xml?r=Scarshield+Legion&n=Skelos
A hybrid build here with the introduction of Icy veins so far affecting all the mage's casts this puts a big dent in dmg meters early on but this would be quite costly on mana so If you're going to try this build you will need to Pot every single chance you get to keep it alive I would also recommend alchemists with their imba stones to try this one as a 40% gain on pots will help achieve maximum out put from this skill set

3.)) http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/mage/talents.html?0052050310230150333125150521001200000000000000000000000000000000000#none
A custom built 40/21 Arcane fire build for fire mages to consider for raids this is designed to maximize Intellect and thereby increase duration of the mages viability. This build generally relies on a critical strike rating around 45- 50% so start looking for Int/crit gear because every crit restores 30% of the mana from every offensive spell you use and combined with mind mastery 5/5 this enables the mage to live with much lower bonus damage bases an continue to top the charts

4.)) 11/47/3 This is another build to allow deep Fire mages to engage in High damage high return battles in Raids however it is not recomenadle as the Huge output generally means pulling bosses even after the MT has gained around 30-40K agro as this build generally deems int/crit as its basis so its more of a dungeon runners build where less events can occur to cause the mage to engange the boss at a survivability of about 2% (depending on the skills and CD's available